Circuit, prefecture or people · Self-governing peoples of North China and Manchuria · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Daur of the Nonni

The Nonni valley west of the Jin Puyu and Taizhou routes: hunters, fishers and herders of the Shiwei stock, among whom the ancestors of the Daur (traditionally taken for Khitan descendants or for Shiwei, which is disputed).

They are not under the Jin routes; their chiefs, if any, are unnamed.

Who holds it

Title
Village and clan elders; no chief named
Since
not pinned
Born
not known
Confidence
low

No source names a Daur or Shiwei chief for 1200.

How things stand that morning

Quiet; nothing recorded for the winter of 1199-1200 in what we could read.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The medieval names (Shiwei, Wuhu, Dilie) and the modern Daur are not securely linked.

On the map: Rough outline; Jin prefecture boundaries are not fixed on any map we could use.

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia: Jin dynasty (1115-1234) (read this session)
  2. Wikipedia: Jurchen people (read this session)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.